What You Need

Instructions

Section I - Formatting external drive

If you are planning to use an external hard drive to install your dumped discs on, follow this section. If you are not planning to use an external hard drive or you already have a Wii U formatted external hard drive, skip this section.

This will completely erase the contents of the external hard drive!

Plug your USB HDD into your Wii U while it is powered off

Power on your Wii U

Format the external hard drive when prompted

Section II - Using disc2app

Launch the Homebrew Launcher Channel

Launch disc2app

Press (A) to dump to the SD card

Insert the disc you want to dump when prompted

Allow the disc dump process to proceed automatically; this will take some time

When it is complete, you will be returned to the system menu

Section III - Installing dumped game

Launch the Homebrew Launcher Channel

Launch WUP Installer GX2

Select the game you want to install

Press “Install”, then press “Yes” to confirm

Select the destination you wish to install to

Pick from either internal storage (NAND) or an external drive (USB)

Allow the installation process to proceed automatically; this will take some time

When it is complete, you will be returned to the Homebrew Launcher

Press (Home), then close the software to return to the system menu

To reclaim the space on your SD card taken up by the disc dump, delete the newly created folder in /install/ on your SD card

If everything went well, you’ll see your new game installed on the menu ready to be played!

You can ensure that the game installed to the correct directory by checking its installation location in the System Settings under “Data Management”